#include <db_cxx.h>

int
DbEnv::rep_start(Dbt *cdata, u_int32_t flags);

Description: DbEnv::rep_start

The DbEnv::rep_start method configures the database environment as a client or master in a group of replicated database environments. Replication master environments are the only database environments where replicated databases may be modified. Replication client environments are read-only as long as they are clients. Replication client environments may be upgraded to be replication master environments in the case that the current master fails or there is no master present.

The enclosing database environment must already have been opened by calling the DbEnv::open method and must already have been configured to send replication messages by calling the DbEnv::set_rep_transport method.

The DbEnv::rep_start method either returns a non-zero error value or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on failure, and returns 0 on success.

Parameters

cdata

The cdata parameter is an opaque data item that is sent over the communication infrastructure when the client or master comes online (see Connecting to a new site for more information). If no such information is useful, cdata should be NULL.

flags

The flags parameter must be set to one of the following values:

DB_REP_CLIENT

Configure the environment as a replication client.

DB_REP_MASTER

Configure the environment as a replication master.

Errors

The DbEnv::rep_start method may fail and throw DbException, encapsulating one of the following non-zero errors, or return one of the following non-zero errors:

EINVAL

If the database environment was not already configured to communicate with a replication group by a call to DbEnv::set_rep_transport; the database environment was not already opened; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

Class

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